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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com>, jason+freebsd@kanda.com
Subject: Re: Mac, the Nix's and other notes...
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On Tuesday 05 March 2002 11:41 am, Steven Lake wrote:
> Ok, I'll go with that.  I'm just stating what I remember off the
> top of my head.  It's not nessisarily perfect numbers.  Just what I can
> remember off the top of my head.  :)

If the numbers have no connection with reality (and I'm pretty sure that they 
don't), why bother quoting them at all?

I think I'll make up the fact that AmigaDOS is installed on 97% of Intell 
desktops!

That would be cool!

Seriously, your figures *could* have some relation to reality on *server* 
boxes.  If they have any relation to reality at all.

>
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 jason+freebsd@kanda.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Steven Lake wrote:
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > > 	Breakups by country were also interesting.  In the US, MS OS's are
> > > on over 70% of all machines while in europe it's less than 15% with the
> > > Nix's taking 63% of all systems.  In Japan aproximately 91% of all
> > > machines are Mac, while in China and Asia in general, the Nix's rule
> > > the roost at 97% concentration.  Note, these are arbitrary numbers, and
> > > not gospel fact.  But I found them interesting and thought I'd throw
> > > them out there.  Kinda cool.  :)
> > >
> > >while in europe it's less than 15% with the
> > >Nix's taking 63% of all systems
> >
> > I think these figures are very, very wrong.  Theres no way UNIX is on 63%
> > of desktops in Europe & its well known that China runs on un-licenced
> > microsoft gear..
> >
> > Jason
>
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